Against allegations that it has been quoting low prices in its bids – reportedly as a trick to be awarded contracts in Malawi — only for it to inflate the figures while the works are in progress, Mota Engil quoted its contract bid price for the retendered Marka-Bangula Railway project at K82 billion.
This is K34 billion more than the price at which it bid in the first tender last year which government eventually cancelled following an investigation by the Anti-Corruption Bureau (ACB).“`
